Supporting Your Student With "After School Restraint Collapse"

This article provides great insight on how to support your child when they come home from school and experience difficulties with emotional regulation.

Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress

Explore a well-being and social/emotional resource bank that is helpful for educators, parents and students developed by Yale University.

Talking to Children About Violence

Families and school personnel play a critical role in helping to reestablish a sense of normalcy and security for children after an act of violence occurs. Use the tips included to help guide your conversation.

Understanding Executive Functioning Skills

Executive functioning skills are part of our every day lives. Find out more information about these skills and how to support executive functioning needs. (We do not endorse this program and are providing this as a parent resource only).

Emotional Regulation Techniques

Explore multiple activities and strategies to regulate your emotions during times of high stress.

Self-Care

This document offers self-care strategies that you can use when needing to care for yourself. Self-care is extremely important to ensuring overall health and well-being.

Stress Management

Stress is something we all experience at some point and stress can look different for each of us. This GoNoodle video provides great strategies and techniques you can do to manage your stress!

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is when we take the time to reflect on our thoughts, feelings, and emotions. This GoNoodle video teaches us how to do rainbow breathing and practice how to mindfully reflect on our emotional state of being.

Calming Emotions

Emotions are apart of our everyday lives and can change very quickly based on different situations. Watch this GoNoodle video about how to calm your emotions no matter what situation you are in.

TIPS: Dealing with Anxiety

This TIP sheet addresses where anxiety can come from and offers strategies for how to manage anxiety when it appears. This is a great resource to use when you need techniques to help bring anxious feelings down.

TIPS: Dealing with Stress

This TIP sheet addresses where stress comes from and offers strategies for how to manage stress when stressful situations arise. This is a great resource to use when you need techniques to help manage stressful feelings and emotions.

TIPS: Deep Breathing

This TIP sheet addresses deep breathing and the importance of regulating your breathing in stressful situations. Deep Breathing is a tool you can use in most situations to help manage emotions.

TIPS: Using Imagery

This TIPS sheet talks about using imagery (sometimes thought of as daydreaming) but in a more structured and purposeful way! Read through the strategies offered to use imagery during times of stress.

TIPS: Dealing with Divorce

This document from Developmental and Behavioral Pedatrics of the Carolinas outlines how children deal with divorce and offers parents guidelines for how to help their children manage their feels and emotions.